Toothbrush holder



April 30, 1929- A M. 1.. DUSKIN ET AL 1,710,725"

TOOTHBRUSH HOLDER Filed May 1, 1926 Mal Mill]? &

Patented Apr. 30, 1929.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MORRY L. DUSKIN AND HERBERT L. MAGILL, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

TOOTHBRUSH HOLDER.

Application filed May 1, 1926. Serial No. 105,947.

This invention relates to tooth brush holders and more particularly to a combine tooth brush support and shield.

It contemplates more especially the provision of a simple, attractive, unitary struc-. ture which will permit the ready support and removal of a brush or the like which necessarily must be shielded in order to prevent the contamination thereof.

Devices heretofore proposed for this purpose necessitate the use of a plurality of elements usually comprising a support and a separate shield therefor, or are of irregular formation. In view thereof, they are comparatively complex in construction, expensive, and devoid of the ease of manufacture desirable in devices of this character.

One object of the present invention is to simplif and improve the construction of devices o the character mentioned.

Another object isthe provision of an inexpensive device which will securely support iulid effectively shield a tooth brush or the A further object is to provide a unitary structure of the character mentioned which can be readily manufactured on a producti basis at little expense.

A still further object is to provide a simple, sanitary, unitary shield and support which will permit the complete aerationof the brush shielded therein, thereby avoiding deterioration and contamination thereof.

Other objects and advantages will appear from the following description of an illustrated embodiment of the present invention.

In the drawings:

Fi re 1 is a side view in elevation of a brush holder embodying features of the present invention.

Figure 2 is a front view in elevation of the structure shown in Figure 1.

Figure 3 is an end view showing a novel form of brush support.

Figure 4 is a view in elevation of a holder adapted to support a plurality of brushes.

The holder selected for illustration comprises a dished or tubular elongated casing 1 which is preferably of uniform cross section throughout and which is composed of any suitable material such as metal, glass, celluloid, or .the like, which can be moulded or otherwise shaped to present a closure of inexpensive construction. The casing 1, in this instance, is provided with a rounded corner 2 at one end thereof and with an apertured periphery bottom 3 at the other end thereof provided with a flange 4 projecting outwardly of the walls of the casing 1.

' In the holder shown, the bottom 3 thereof is apertured as at 5 to present an opening therein along a median line thereofto simulate a keyhole so that a tooth brush 6 having the usual reduced shank 7 may be freely inserted in the larger opening 8 of the aperture 5 to receive the reduced shank .7 of the brush which may then be transversely shifted to the smaller opening 9 through the restricted communicating slot 10. With the brush in the smaller opening, rotation thereof to a position normal to the median line will securely support the brush therein and prevent accidental displacement thereof.

The casing 1 is preferably open at one side thereof as at 11 to lighten and cheapen the construction-thereof, and the opening side is preferably provided with a flange 12 of any fanciful contour which extends around the thereof. The flange 12 is preferably apertured as at 13 to receive suitable fasteners or screws 14 whereby the casing 1 may be secured to a wall or the like with the opening side 7 closed thereby to present a substantially closed casing. A gasket 15 which approximates the flange 12 in shape, may be interposed between the wall and flange to establish an effective seal therebetween.

It is to be noted that the interior of the casing is more or less exposed to the atmosphere by virtue of the aperture 5 so that the brush contained therein may be aerated to effect drying thereof in order to prevent its deterioration and contamination. Thus it will be seen that a holder has been provided which effectively shields a brush therein to prevent the contamination thereof and which effectively aerates the interior thereof to prevent deterioration of the brush. By providing a casing of uniform cross'section, the latter may be manufactured at little expense in large quantities. Moreover, such a construction is attractive and harmonizes with the other fixtures employed in a bathroom and like places where it is desirable to have a tooth brush within convenient range.

It is evident that the casing 1 may be extended laterally to permit the provision of a series of apertures 5 in the bottom thereof as clearly shown in Figure 4. In this embodiment the casing is provided with numerals lmmedlately above each individual aperture to identify the brush of each individual person who may have occasion to use the same holder. It is to be noted that wherever desirable, a partition (not shown) may be employed in the casing 1 between each aperture to present separate compartments for each individual brush.

I am aware that many changes may be made, and numerous details of construction may be varied through a wide range without departing from the principles of this invention, and I therefore do not purpose limiting the patent granted hereon, otherwise than necessitated by the prior art.

We claim as our invention:

1. In a device of the character described, a one-piece dished container com rising a hood and having an out-turned ange for securing the container to a wall surface, the hood being open along one side and closed at one end and havin at the other end means for removably hol ing a handled brush in position within the hood.

2. In a device of the character described, a one-piece dished container comprising a hood open along one side and closed at one end and having at the other end a wall having an aperture simulating a keyhole so that a handled brush may be'removably supported thereon and in position within the hood.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto subscribed our names.

MORRY L. DUSKIN. HERBERT L. MAGILL. 

